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I WISH to direct attention to an error in the particulars I have recently given1 of the fine structure of the line λ6234 (7 1S0–9 1P1) in mercury. The positions of the components g and f, given as –0.406 and –0.696 cm.–1, are actually –0.306 and –0.544. The diagram in Fig. 2 requires a corresponding emendation. The corrected value 306 for the interval bfin 7 1S0–91P1 now agrees reasonably well with the interval 308 (be) of λ5676 (7 3S1–9 1P1), and its previous allocation to the 9 1P1 level is thus confirmed. Further, the intervals 31, 121, 156 which occur in the 9 1P1 term are now seen to be consecutive since their sum, 308, is established as a real difference. The main conclusions reached in the paper are not affected by the error.
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Proc. Hoy. Soc., A, 130, 559; 1931.
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TOLANSKY, S. Fine Structure in the Mercury Singlet Terms: A Correction. Nature 127, 595 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127595c0
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